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type: "Bill"
title: "San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority: annual pumping right assessment."
description: "Existing law, the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority Act, establishes the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority and provides for its powers and duties. Among other things, the act authorizes the authority to impose an annual pumping right assessment for specified purposes in an amount not to exceed $10 per acre-foot."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 279"
citation: "California AB 279 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority", "annual pumping right assessment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanca Rubio"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89b80dd6-d7d5-4f4d-b572-f85c3f96e8fd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB279"
source_hash: "ba9b1ae698d6b93c856b16e4889b7db18a36edf36f9c53027a47f5c11373b48d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 279 (20232024) — San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority: annual pumping right assessment.
Existing law, the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority Act, establishes the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority and provides for its powers and duties. Among other things, the act authorizes the authority to impose an annual pumping right assessment for specified purposes in an amount not to exceed $10 per acre-foot.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/24/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB279&version=20230AB27999INT)
2. **02/08/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB279&version=20230AB27998AMD)
3. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB279&version=20230AB27996CHP)
4. **AB279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB279)
5. **09/07/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB279&version=20230AB27997ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB279 Blanca Rubio et al. By Rubio — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 279 Blanca Rubio Assembly Third Reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Blanca Rubio — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
- **2023-02-02** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-02-09** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 1073.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-17** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2351.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 799, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89b80dd6-d7d5-4f4d-b572-f85c3f96e8fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).